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1. Denny Hamlin, No. 11 Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing. Hamlin's worst start at Chicagoland turned into his best finish at the track when he opted to not pit prior to the Lap 263 restart and used likely the best restart of his career to roll to the win. He is the first driver to secure a spot in the Contender round.
2. Carl Edwards, No. 19 Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing. The Chase contender rallied back after being busted for speeding on pit road on Lap 52.
3. Kurt Busch, No. 41 Chevrolet, Stewart-Haas Racing. Busch bounced off the wall early in the race, but was leading when the final caution flag was waved. He opted not to pit and fell back when he didn't get a strong run at the restart.
4. Ryan Newman, No. 31 Chevrolet, Richard Childress Racing. Newman restarted 14th on fresh tires and improved to score his fifth top-five of the season.
5. Matt Kenseth, No. 20 Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing. Kenseth's team continually tweaked the No. 20 Toyota to help Kenseth maintain his grip on the points lead.
6. Joey Logano, No. 22 Ford, Team Penske. Logano, a Chase contender, turned in his second-best result at Chicagoland on Sunday. The Connecticut-native found himself caught in between the Johnson-Harvick issue after bumping Johnson on a restart; which, in turn, caused Johnson to slide into Harvick's Chevrolet.
7. Kyle Larson, No. 42 Chevrolet, Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates. Larson is two-for-two at Chicagoland -- two starts, two top-10 results at the 1.5-mile oval. Larson was the first non-Chase contender to cross the finish line.
8. Brad Keselowski, No. 2 Ford, Team Penske. Keselowski rebounded from a loose wheel to post his 10th straight top-10 result of the year, a series best.
9. Kyle Busch, No. 18 Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing. Busch led a race-high 121 laps as the Joe Gibbs Racing domination continued on Sunday.
10. Aric Almirola, No. 43 Ford, Richard Petty Motorsports. Almirola ran inside the top 15 for most of the day en route to his first Chicagoland top-10.
11. Jimmie Johnson, No. 48 Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports. Johnson ruffled some feathers early when he made contact with Harvick, after being tapped by Logano, while trying to get back onto the track after the Lap 135 restart.
12. Dale Earnhardt Jr., No. 88 Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports. Earnhardt lost several spots in the closing laps when he committed to the top line off the restart and was stalled behind cars on older tires.
13. Martin Truex Jr., No. 78 Chevrolet, Furniture Row Racing. The fastest in Saturday's final practice, Truex was strong all day but got caught up in a four-wide, Lap 263 restart and shuffled to the back.
14. Jeff Gordon, No. 24 Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports. Gordon, who made a series-tying best 788th Cup start Sunday, took the lead on Lap 144 after a controversial restart, paced the field for 40 laps before pitting under green on Lap 185.
15. David Ragan, No. 55 Toyota, Michael Waltrip Racing. Ragan used the beneficiary pass twice and the wave-around several times to improve his track position and stay on the lead lap.
16. Jamie McMurray, No. 1 Chevrolet, Chip Ganassi Racing with Felix Sabates. In his first Chase race as a contender, McMurray gambled with pit strategy and experienced a bit of tire rub in the closing 30 laps.
17. Paul Menard, No. 27 Chevrolet, Richard Childress Racing. A first-time Chaser, Menard was running 12th and on the lead lap with 18 laps to go. A late-race pit stop and crazy restart cost him position.
18. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., No. 17, Roush Fenway Racing. Stenhouse spent the first half of Sunday's race looking for the best line. When he ran the top line, he reported, the rear of his car became too tight.
19. Clint Bowyer, No. 15 Toyota, Michael Waltrip Racing. It was a tough day for Bowyer, who struggled throughout the entire race getting through Turns 3 and 4.
20. Casey Mears, No. 13 Chevrolet, Germain Racing. Mears was considering fuel mileage while racing for the beneficiary pass late in the race Sunday.
21. Greg Biffle, No. 16 Ford, Roush Fenway Racing. Biffle, frequently vexed this season with his car's handling, experienced similar on Sunday and also had the misfortune of brushing the wall.
22. Brian Scott, No. 33 Chevrolet, Circle Sport. Scott rolled off the grid 21st and tying his second-best Cup result of the year (he finished 13th at Las Vegas).
23. Justin Allgaier, No. 51 Chevrolet, HScott Motorsports. "Heck yeah boys! Excellent stop," Allgaier encouraged his pit crew during their sixth stop. Unfortunately, the chassis adjustments didn't pan out in the laps to come, as Allgaier noted there wasn't a change in the handling.
24. Kasey Kahne, No. 5 Chevrolet, Hendrick Motorsports. Kahne made an unscheduled stop late in the race for a vibration and spent the rest of the race running quietly. The primary radio chatter was his lap times.
25. Tony Stewart, No. 14 Chevrolet, Stewart-Haas Racing. Stewart was among the cars knocked off the lead lap during season's longest green-flag run. He was running 16th on Lap 83 and was the last car on the lead lap.
26. Danica Patrick, No. 10 Chevrolet, Stewart-Haas Racing. Patrick was running 30th when she reported a "loud metal noise" in the back of her car nearing Lap 100.
27. Landon Cassill, No. 40 Chevrolet, Hillman Smith Motorsports. Cassill was one of 16 drivers knocked off the lead lap within the first 50 laps, but he had the fortune of being a legitimate contender for the beneficiary pass.
28. Trevor Bayne, No. 6 Ford, Roush Fenway Racing. Once his team addressed a loose-handling condition, Bayne employed the wave around during caution periods and held steady in the top 28.
29. Cole Whitt, No. 35 Ford, Front Row Motorsports. Whitt held steady to improve upon his previous best Chicagoland finish of 30th.
30. Sam Hornish Jr., No. 9 Ford, Richard Petty Motorsports. Hornish started 22nd but had to pit unexpectedly for tire rub during the first quarter of the race, causing him to go two laps down.
31. Brett Moffitt, No. 34 Ford, Front Row Motorsports. The Chicagoland first-timer was cautioned on the restarts by spotter Tony Raines, who said "It's like Talladega or Daytona here at the start/finish line. They're all pushing each other."
32. David Gilliland, No. 38 Ford, Front Row Motorsports. The caution flag was waved on Lap 191 just as Gilliland's team was completing his green-flag stop.
33. Josh Wise, No. 32 Ford, Go FAS Racing. Within the first 50 laps, Wise reported a vibration in the right rear, prompting his crew chief to call him down pit road and further off the lead lap.
34. Michael Annett, No. 46 Chevrolet, HScott Motorsports. Annett pitted just prior to the second caution flag for a vibration and later chose to take the wave-around.
35. J.J. Yeley, No. 26 Toyota, BK Racing. Yeley chased a free-handling car and was running 34th past the midway point on Sunday.
36. AJ Allmendinger, No. 47 Chevrolet, JTG Daugherty Racing. Allmendinger, who was involved in Denny Hamlin's early on-track spin, took another hit by Lap 48 when he sustained a flat left-rear tire and had to stop on pit road.
37. Alex Bowman, No. 7 Chevrolet, Tommy Baldwin Racing. Around Lap 151, Bowman reported to his crew that something in the rear of the car had broken and he had to hit pit road.
38. Jeb Burton, No. 23 Toyota, BK Racing. Burton battled a loose-handling condition during his debut at Chicagoland Speedway and within the first quarter of the race already had dropped the track bar a half inch.
39. Matt DiBenedetto, No. 83 Toyota, BK Racing. DiBenedetto, later tweeting his car was "off all weekend," started where he finished in his Chicagoland debut.
40. Reed Sorenson, No. 98 Ford, Premium Motorsports. Sorenson scored his second-best result this season from behind the wheel of the No. 98 Ford.
41. Timmy Hill, No. 62 Chevrolet, Premium Motorsports. Making his second Chicagoland start, Hill struggled to make up much track position after starting 43rd.
42. Kevin Harvick, No. 4 Chevrolet, Stewart-Haas Racing. The defending NASCAR Sprint Cup champion experienced tire rub after contact with Johnson on the Lap 135 restart and cut his left-rear tire, ultimately causing him to hit the wall hard three laps later.
43. Austin Dillon, No. 3 Chevrolet, Richard Childress Racing. Dillon's best Chicagoland start and strong top-10 run was cut short when he got into the wall on Lap 131.